apple midge

English

Noun

apple midge (plural apple midges)

  1. (obsolete) A small dipterous insect (Lycoriella ingenua), the larva of which bores in apples.
  2. Any midge whose larvae cause damage to apples.

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References

  • apple midge at apple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • 2004 research PR

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for apple midge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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